Serum IgE Level in Chronic Lupoid Leishmaniasis

Association between HTLV-I Infection and Chronic Lupoid Leishmaniasis

Association Between HTLV-I Infection with Chronic Lupoid Leishmaniasis

OBJECTIVE(S) One of the different types of skin leishmaniasis is the Chronic Lupoid Leishmaniasis (CLL), which is caused by abnormal immune response. On the other hand, HTLV-I has been known to exist in some infectious diseases. Human T cell lymphotropic virus type1 (HTLV-I) and cutanous leishmaniasis exists endemically in Mashhad. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of H...

Lupoid cutaneous leishmaniasis: a case report

BACKGROUND Lupoid cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a rare form of CL having a striking resemblance to other granulomatous cutaneous conditions of infectious or inflammatory origin. The authors present a patient with a facial lupoid CL and discuss the diagnostic tools of this parasitological infection, the main differential diagnosis, and treatment. CASE REPORT A 54-year-old Tunisian woman, wit...

Serum IgE level in malnutrition.

UNLABELLED Infections and malnutrition remain the main causes of infant mortality in developing countries. In protein-calorie malnutrition, immunologic responses are affected, which often facilitates infections. However, the presence of asthma and allergic rhinitis are not commonly recognized in malnourished individuals. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum IgE values in children with pr...

Detection of Leishmania DNA in paraffin embedded specimens of chronic lupoid leishmaniasis using polymerase chain reaction

Background: Chronic lupoid leishmaniasis (CLL) is a chronicform of cutaneous leishmaniasis that is usually resistant to antileishmania agents and leishmania is not seen in the histologicsections. We used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detectleishmania DNA in CLL specimens.Method: This descriptive cross sectional study was done on20 paraffin embedded specimens of CLL cases referred to theder...

Detection of Leishmania DNA in paraffin embedded specimens of chronic lupoid leishmaniasis using polymerase chain reaction

Result: Eleven male and 9 female patients with a mean age of 17.95 years were included in our study. The mean duration of lesions was 3.69 years. Most of the lesions (18 of 20 cases) were located on the face and others were on the limbs. Histologic study showed tuberculoid granulomatous inflammation with a variable ratio of histiocytes and lymphocytes without detection of leishman body. PCR was...